Cluster control tools

ClusterControl: a web interface for distributing and monitoring bioinformatics applications on a Linux cluster Gernot Stocker, Dietmar Rieder, and Zlatko Trajanoski Bioinformatics 2004 20: 805-807.

The authors describe a web interface for administering binf apps on a cluster. Haven't read it yet, so I don't know how useful it would be. Comments from our resident cluster experts?


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Their website is here. There is also a demo site for the application.

My first impression is that it looks quite useful as an alternative to submitting CLI PBS scripts, but the monitoring tools are nothing like as comprehensive or attractive as Ganglia.